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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-26
NATURAL GAS.

THE Consumers Gas Trust Company has
decided to prospect for natural-gas, and has
contracted for the sinking Of ten wells. It is
hoped they will prove productive. Mean
while other companies, with gas are laying
pipe as rapidly as possible, and will reach the
city limits within few days. The Journal
has only been anxious for gas, and has bid
to secure this result without monopoly and
with proper safeguards to city and people,
not only as to rates, but in every other feat
ure that would give to Indianapolis the fullest
benefit of this new competitor with other
heating and illuminating agents. The Jour
nal has not cared baubee by whom this was
brought about, but has extended welcome to
any and all agencies that would conduce to
this end. The enthusiasm and heartiness
that have characterized the work of the Con-
sumers Gas Trust, if maintained, will be of
the greatest benefit to the city. What Indi-
annapolis has long wanted, and what the Jour
nal has spent years in trying to stimulate, is
feeling of city pride that will set
eFervUouy 10 Taking wei Oh the place, ana
turn croakers into enthusiasts. 1t is re-
freshing change to see and hear many who
have had nothing but fears to express and
doleful utterances to make, now wing with
each other in the effort to give Indianapolis
the generous boost to which it is Justly emit
tied. We are to have gas. It is at our DOORS
It will come from more than one source
Competition will bring it to US under the best
circumstances and on the best terms To
this end the Journal has been committed
from the first. and congratulates any and every
agency that has contributed thereto.
There still many questions and
and problems to meet and solve gas will not
be in every body's house this winter, and
much of prevalent enthusiasm may be damp
ened; but the main thing is that gas is coming
into the city, and those who have worked to
that end have occasion to rejoice. The Jour-
nal.is one of the rejoicers.
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TIE ATLANTA nISHRAnE

Accounts have differed widely as to the eff
fects of the prohibition law which has been
in force in Atlanta for two years. Reputable
citizens, evidently expressing their firm con-
victions, have declared that it was of great
benefit to the town, while others, equally
worthy of belief, insist that it has been the
cause, not only of financial, but of moral, injury
to the people; that there was, in fact, no
actual prohibition, but that liquors in large
quantities were smuggled in and sold sur
reptitiouslv, and under all manner of strange
devices. It was universally agreed, however
that the two years experiment had given the
public fair opportunity for judging of the
merits of the law, and that the vote which
was to decide whether it was to be continued
in operation for two years more would be an
intelligent one. It was also hoped that the
election would be devoid of the sensational
features of the first one. That such is not the
case, but that more disgraceful methods than
before are adopted for influencing voters, is
indicated by the reports from Atlanta. When
Governors, Senator'S judges and other promi-
nent men of both parties. dry" and "wet,"
struggle to secure the influence of a ouack
medicine peddler, who is popular among the
negroes the spectacle is one from which self
respecting lien and women must turn with
disgust. 1t is not surprising that the anti
prohibitionist element should use disreputable
means for securing success; since, although
honest and respectable members of the COM
munity belong to that faction, it must,
in ali cases. be largely controlled by the
lawless iquor-selling element That the
leaders of the reform party should descend to
the Objectionable methods practiced by their
opponents, and seek to gain their ends by
bribery and direct purchase of votes is indeed
TO be regretted Prohibitionists everywhere
have assumed to stand on a moral plane far
above that occupied by other political parties.
The principles they profess to hold and the
purposes they advocate relate to the moral
and social well being of the community, and
were their acts in conformity with their
teachings their influence might be incompar-
ably greater than is now the case. No party
which follows corrupt methods can hope for
permanent success, and it were far better that
the "drys" of Atlanta should suffer
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whelming defeat on this occasion. secure in
the faith that if their cause is just it must
finally triumph by its own strength. Should
they win now, the success signifies nothing
save that they were more skillful and unscru-
pulous in the manipulation of purchasable
and illiterate vote than were the "antis,"
and that they had so degraded the franchise
that future success must mean the outlay of
the greatest number of dollars As the So, 900
offered to yellow stone Kit" by an enthusi-
astic Prohibitionist did not secure that
gentleman's services, it must be supposed
that a higher retainer from the other side
gained his influence, and that the ttantis"
must win the day. Should such be the result
the Prohibitionists will have little sympathy
from right-thinking people. but it may teach
them profitable lesson. The election occurs
todav
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-26
LOW RY,S nUEST.

Il has been thought that Edward Everett
Hae's man without country was about as
unhappy mortal as could possibly be por-
trayed, but Judge Lowry as Congressman
without a seat, presents still sadder specta-
Gle. Why Lowry should ever have been sent
to Congress in the first place would puzzle
anybody but an Indiana Democrat to find
out; but once there he cannot understand
why he should not be kept there always. The
political Wis inertie that carries such men
into Office leads them to think they will stick
forever. Although Lowry was defeated more
than year ago by a very decided majority,
he does know it yet. He has one 6f those
muddy minds which the more it ponders the
muddier it becomes, and the harder it tries to
understand things the less it succeeds. The
Dne thing above all others that a Democratic
politician of Lowry's caliber cannot under
stand is why he should be expected to surren-
der an Office in compliance with the will of
the people. 1t is fundamental principle of
the pod auger school of statesmen to which
he belongs. that the first duty of Democrat
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-26
NOT A DEFENSIVE CAMPAIGN.
1t Would Be Criminal Folly for Republic an .
to Enter Upon Such a Canvass.

Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
In so far as the Republican party is concerned,
we do not know of any ground upon which oppo-
sition to Clevelands denomination could be
wisely developed All things considered, he
would be the weakest candidate that would likely
be presented provided the Republicans did not
fall into the trap of presenting a candidate,
through man-worship something of that sort,
equally Objectionable and quite as liable to be
placed on the defensive from the outset, inside
the party and outside of it, as Cleveland. Upon
this point the intelligent members of the Repub-
hcan party must take counsel of themselves.
The Republican party is not constituted as to
be subject to dictation. Its members however
are open to advice. and in the present condition
of affairs, while looking at the weakness of the
opposition and studying its assailable points,
they will be very likely to avoid the weak points
their side From this stand point it
would be than foolishness-it would be
criminal when it so easily be avoided, and
that without any risks regards the future of
the party-to enter the campaign upon the de-
fensive As we have often said. there is man
in the Republican party of near much conse-
guence as the party itself The party can out
live men, but cannot outlive the party.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-26

SAYS an exchange: 1.-THE President has
seen Jekyll and Hyde He plays little at
that himself. To the mugwumps he is Jekyll;
to the Democrats, Hyde" Well, not exactly,
at this present time. Once the President was
q Jekyll of transcendent guise to the mug
wumps but now the case is reversed. They
catch glimpse of the cIoven hoof of Hyde
and the Democrats beginning to think
that, after all, he may be Jekyll.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-26

THE French heirs of the famous Jumel estate
in whose behalf prolonged litigation has been
conducted find that thorns of a formidable
length mar the roses of success. Property
amounting to $500, coo was finally awarded them,
but on figuring up expenses they find that the
lawyers fees come to more than the entire value
of the estate. This pleasing circumstance may
be of some interest to the heirs of an Indiana
estate which is now in the courts
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-26
Sample of dramatic Criticism"

Nym Crinkle, the dramatic critic, has caught
the Potter" fever badly, and writes thus of the
debutante in Loyal Love- ''She sank upon
his shoulder as if the lake of Como were there
with its tranquil depths. She murnured with
her teeth shut the soft vouptuous responses to
his rhapsody. and he toyed with the rose that
chung upon the brink of her low-necked dress
without moments fear of falling over into the
cnasm or p1etry ena1 spread MS pearly oest e
this world is growing old and cold; or that the
modern man does not know the exact line of
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is to get Office, and the second is to keep it.
Popular elections are regarded as merely Incl
dental to the main plan. well enough in their
way, bat not to be encouraged as a means of
in terfering with the statesman's right to hold
Office This is evidently about the size of the
idea that is floating around in the vacuum
where Lowry's brain ought to be. For the
last year, instead Of trying to realize the fact
that he was fairly defeated for Congress by
Capt j. B. White, of Fort Wayne he has
been endeavoring to convince himself that
the people of the Twelfth district did not
mean what they said. He may succeed in this
to his own satisfaction, but he will find it
much harder to convince committee Of even
halfway fair minded men that he has any
right to the seat. His contest is, in effect, a
pleading of the baby act, since it really
amounts to nothing more than a series of
charges that the Republicans ridd1ed his rec
ord and proved his un6tness for the position
so clearly that the people elected another
man. In short, Judge Lowry informs the
committee that he was defeated because he
Democrat, and asks to be awarded the
seat for the same reason and no other. This
is quite in accordance with the Lowry school
of politics which regards popular elections as a
harmless pastime when they result fayorably
TO the Lowrys, but otherwise an unmitigated
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-26
Bad Case of Misplaced Confidence.


We give not the slightest credence to the tales
that fraud and intimidation are pursued upon
system throughout the Southern country. They
are the inventions of mschievous partisans,
and are accepted only by the most credulous of
their own followers. But there should not be
any election frauds tolerated in the South.
There is no more excuse for them there than
there is elsewhere in the Nation. 1t ought to be
regarded as stigma upon the South that they
are held to be in any sense d part OF Southern
politics. Therefore the Southern people should
be the first to frown upon and suppress them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-26

THE passe nger and freight conductors of
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad had unusual
cause for thanksgiving in very material ad-
vance of their wages, made on Thursday. The
best feature of the case is that the advance
was obtained without strike, and as the re-
suit of friendly conference with the general
manager of the road.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-26

THERE seemed to be a hidden meaning in the
closing sentence of that description of the foot
ball game at New York which said, 'sYale has
adopted Harvards colors for tonight, and is
putting crimson all over the city" We have
been assured, lately. that all the athletes of
Yale We're muscular Christians. Can it. be that
they were painting New York redl
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-26

colored men to vote. the registration at once
jumped 7.213, and this year it is SO At least
two-ifths of the registration is colored Both
sides have assured The coored men that they
shall be protected in their rights, and no senti-
ment expressed in the many meetings held has
been sc vigorously appiau ded as that which con-
veyed this information. Two years ago the
same promise was given aud kept although
there had to be a change made in the election
machinery and the restrictions intended sup
press the colored vote had to be broken down.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-26

If the copious and general rain now falling
should raise the Ohio river and it's tributaries
so as to float the great accumulation of coal
awaiting shipment to the West, it would be
additional cause for thankfulness. The kill
ing of two such ill-omened birds as the
drought and the coal ring with one stone
would be notable event.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-26

A NEW YORK jury has decided that the
keeper of bucket-shop is the keeper of a
gambling house within the legal definition.
This is right, and step in the right direction
of the publication of commercial morals.
Bucket-shops and Safeguarding are a dis
grace to American civilization.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-26
The Liquor Campaign in Atlanta.

Ph1IadeIph1a Fres5-
The most conspicuous thing in both campaigns
10 the coored mans eagerness to vote when he is
given the opportunity. 1t completely disproves
the claim of the Democrats that the negroes
have become Indifferent to the franchise, the ar
gument cy which il is nehr 10 account for the
small Republican in the South. Previous
to 1885 the registration in Atlanta had not
cseded 8, 068. But when in that year the whites
divided the liquor question and allowed the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-26
Regulation of Telegrsphs.
Boston Journal.


1t is timely to inquire whethera system which
works well with the railroads might not, with
some necessary notifications, work well with
the Observation-Disclosures, in word, instead of
buying up or building telegraph lines it might
not be better to attempt to regulate them on
principles substantially identical with those
which are at the basis Of the interstate CON-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-26

IT is well enough to remember IS we go
along that in several Of the Democratic States
of the solid South republican government is
unknown. The nearest approach to it is an
oligarchy. Grover Cleveland represents a
SUGGEST, revolution.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-26

The new Battenberg baby. Princess Beatrices
daughter has been christened s'Vctoria Eugene
Julia Ena"-Eugenie after the ex- Empress, Julia
after the Princess Battenberg, the German
grandmother, and Ena is a Scotch name.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-26
A Helen of Hooslerdon.
Pittsburg Chronicle.

Helen NJ. Cougar whe directed the successful
battle for the right of women to vote in the n1u.
nicipal elections in Kansas. is to have charge or
the campaign of the female sufragists in Indl-
ana, where the strength of the party is to be-
concentrated. A victory over Hoosier prejudice
will given Helen fame worthy of another
Hofneric eric
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-26
still Pursuing Him.
Detroit Tribune

Detroit Tribune
The Democrats cannot forget Foraker A
few weeks ago they were beating him out of
sight for Governor just to please the Cleve-
lands. and now they running him for Presi-
dent on the Republican ticket and beating him
In,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-26

JUDGE LowRY's appeal to Congress certain
" comes under the head of the pathetic In
politics Nothing more touching has been
brought before Congress in many day.
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Needs OverhaulIng.
St Louis Post Dispatch-

st. Louis Post-Dispafch-
As long as the Weather Bureau was merely
an ornamental humbug. useful chiefly
means of reducing the surplus, it was tolerated;
but when its predictions of fair weather lure
vessels to destruction in the storms of the great
lakes it needs thorough overhauling bad
weather service is worse than none at all.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-26

A P1TTsBuRG letter, printed in another
part of this paper, gives much interesting in
formation on the natural-gas question. as de-
veloped by the experience of that city. Natu-
raj gas has saved Pittsburg.
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what Becomes of Their Vote. Them

When party lines are drawn it is no use de-
nying that the eoored vote is practically solid
for the Republican candidate. The colored
voter is not open to argument on this question.
He is certain to vote with the Republican party
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-26
Thanksgiving Note.
Philadelphia Press,

FhiIadeIpuIA fFesJ
Anarchy is less formidable than it was at this
time a year ago. which is of itself enough To
warrant genuine American Thanksgiving to-
day.
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THE INDIANAPoLIs JoURNAL

Telephone Calls
Business Offee23S Editorial Rooms .242
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The price charged to consumers is. however,
based upon approximate estimates of the quanti-
ty that will be used IN the course of the year.
The rate for ordinary dweling-houses is $50 Co
$40 per annum, being $40 for each fifteen feet
square. Otherwise, it is $50 per month for
heating stoves, and So 90 per month for
open CRATES. The latter are generally provided
with quantity of small cubes of the same ma
terial that is used here for lining stoves which,
when heated up. have very much the appear
ance of burning Goals. and radlate great deal
of heat into the room. OF course, many of the
stoves warmed by q simple jet No account
PIttsburg. though they are charged for at the
rate of fifteen cents per month in the adjacent
country, and give there vastly better light
than the oli-fashIoned candle, in spite of the
fact that the gas is not of the kind called illu-
minating. Some ..l00-cande'' lights
now being introduced in Pittsburg, and are
meeting with much favor, They will prob
ably be charged for by the companies Manu-
estimated to be dons. The rolling mills. for in
stance, pay about 50 per gross ton for single
heating iron. and So 80 for single heating sheet
or hoop iron, steel, with about ST. % for ham
s2e for flint glass and $33. 80 for window glass
per pot per month, while boilers IN general
works are charged $50 to 800 per month TIE
service supply is in all these cases generous
enough to obviate any real cause for complaint.
For instance one large rolling mill receives it's
gas through pipe eight inches in diameter,
which runs all round the establishment on the
outside. while tho proprietor stated that he uses
no more on the average than would readily flow
through n pipe of six inches bore feeding tho
smaller ones that run to the several furnaces
and melting pits.
Ii is very difficult to obtain precise figures for
estimates leads to the following conclusions,
which, however, vary considerably from those
made by officers of the pipeline companies.
The power obtained by the larger ma1ufactur-
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Receipts.

SWEET POTATO PIE The follow
ing receipt is sent US. We feel sure
it is good. Pare some sweet potatoes
and stew until tender in water enough
to cover them. Drain, rub through a
colander. To every teacup of potato
add two eggs and two tablespoons SUI
gar with cream enough to make Gus.
tard. Season with allspice and bake
with one crust.
PEACH LAYER CAKE.-One cupful
powdered sugar, one tablespoonful of
butter, three eggs, whites beaten sep
arately, half large cupful of milk
one cupful and a half of foun enc
heaping teaspoonful baking powder;
flavor with vanilla. Cream butter and
sugar thoroughly, add yolks, next
whites beaten to stiff froth, then
gradually -four and milk, baking pow
der last. This makes three layers and
is the incest cake made for strawber-
ries, peaches or corn starch cream. with
a soft icing GU top. l have had such
perfect success with it that [ have new.
er ceased to thank the friend who gave
it to me-Gool Housekeeping.
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eral wear; they have either black or
self colored stitching on the back
Dress gloves are of the palest pearl
shades, stitched with pearl or with
black as the wearer prefers.-Hdrp-
ers' Bdzdr.
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BuckleM's ArMica Salve

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letters, Chapped Hands
Chilblains. Corns, and all Skin Erupt-
ions, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refunded
Price Is cents per box. For sale by
l.. r. Kirk.
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T. B. Perse, of Windsor Locks, Ct,
writes: "Send me at once four dozen
Dr. Seth ArnolTs Cough Killer. 1t
beats any medicine we can find for
Coughs For sale by e G.. Sill
Price 25c. SOC. and $l.00 per bottle
DR.. Seth Arnold Soothing and
Quieting Cordial for children Rec.
commended by mothers and nurses. rs
For sale by G. o. Sill.
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70 For Hand Bills and large Pos b
tiers there is no better place TO send
your orders to than the MIDLAND of
fee, Rising Sun.
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pHILADELPHIA, WHINING
Il TON g. BALTIMORE R,R,
LEAVE GOING NORTH.

CENTRAL DIVISION.
On and after Sunday. May SOth, 1886, train
will run as follows:
LEAVE GOING NORTH
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BALTIMORE s. OHIO
- r. r. PHILADELPHIA DIV.
time CARD sPASSENGER TRAINS
Taking Effect July 3rd. 1887
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] 7
Trains leave Oxford for Philadelphia at 8 4s a m.
6 so a, m. and 05 p. m. Market Train, Tuesdays
and Fridays only. at IL 90 a. m. Sunday Trains at
7 90 p. m. and 40 p. m.
LEAVE GOING SOUTH.